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Two Teams, No Winners: Can Americans Let Go Of Partisanship?
There are 10 seconds to go, and it’s not looking good.Seemingly untouchable in the first half, the Minnesota Vikings are now down by one point against the New Orleans Saints — and I’m getting ner...
Why America is Simply Ill-Equipped To Solve Gun Violence
Mark Duncan has already had a near death experience with a mass shooter.His daughter Faryn, a 20-year-old student at University of Nevada Las Vegas found herself in the crosshairs at a country music f...
Unrigging The System: Reformers, Civic Groups Take Action Following Historic Summit
The Unrig The System Summit in New Orleans was a historic event that brought together people from across the political spectrum who could all agree on at least one thing: Our political process is corr...
Black Voting Rights Leader: BOTH Parties Guilty of Voter Suppression
I am a physician and a black woman who grew up poor and came of age in the 1970’s. I‘ve spent 25 years practicing medicine, mainly in Harlem, and I care deeply about the state of our country, about th...
Republican Congressional Candidate Stumps For "Direct Democracy?"
Michael Allman would not be the first politician to attempt a successful campaign based on the idea of "Direct Democracy," but he is the latest. And perhaps most surprising, he is a Republican running...
Washington Isn’t Broken...It’s Fixed!
Welcome to The Pickle podcast. My ambitions are high. I want to interview political, reform, independent, business, creative, nonprofit, entrepreneurial, and cultural movers and shakers about the pick...
Would More Sanctions Against North Korea Really Work?
Alexander Matsegora, Moscow’s envoy to North Korea says that any more sanctions on the country’s oil supply would be perceived as a declaration of war.He went on to tell President Trump,&nbs...
Why Local Elections Are Now Just As Partisan As National Elections
In a democracy, the people have the power, but only if they choose to wield it. With the mercurial state of America’s representative system in recent elections, it’s becoming clear that more involveme...
Stanford Researcher: Americans Aren't More Polarized; Only The Media and Political Elite Are
A Stanford political scientist is stating what IVN has reported for a long time now: Americans are not more polarized, despite what the media says.US voters are not being driven further to one corner ...
EXCLUSIVE: "Charlie vs. Goliath" Director Shocked By What He Discovered in Nation's Reddest State
“It would be hard to find a more unlikely candidate than Charlie Hardy, a 75-year-old penniless former Catholic priest who spent nearly a decade serving the poor while living in a cardboard shack in a...